Waistband



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wAIsTBAND Filed Jan. v le, 195o FIG.

1 INVENToRf EARL. FEINBERG FIG. 3

` ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 10, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Claims.

This invention relates to waistbands for gar ments and has as its objectthe production of a new and improved. anti-slip waistband.

It is well known in the clothing art that shirts tucked within trousersor blouses tucked under a skirt hike while being worn with the resultthat the free edges of the shirt or blouse often come up and fall `onthe outside of the trousers or skirt. Among the prior attempts to solvethis problem is the association of rubber or other anti-skid materialwith the waistband; This has not proved commercially successful becauseof the difficulties and costs involved in attaching the anti-skidportion to the other material of the waistband. I have solved thisproblem by forming the waist band of the usual front and rear portions.I make the rear portion of stiifening material of the type used in themaking of prior art waistbands. Instead of making the front portion of asingle piece of material as has been done in the pri-or art I form `thesame of a multiple number of bands. At the present time I prefer to makesaid front portion of three bands-namely, an upper band, a central bandand a lower band. The upper and lower bands are made of the same liningmaterial used in the prior art in the making of waistbands. The centralband is made of a piece of fabric which has attached thereto or formedas a constituent element thereof one or more rubber threads which serveas anti-skid treads. In instances where I use two bands the frontportion consists of an upper band and a lower band. The upper bandconsists of a piece of webbing or other suitable material having woventherein or otherwise attached thereto one or more rubber threads whichserve as anti-skid treads and the lower band consists of the same liningmaterial used in the prior art making of waistbands. By splitting thefront portion of the waistbands into a multiple number of bands I amenabled to produce the waistband very economically in continuous strips.done by first forming the front portion and attaching the same to thestiffener portion or by forming the front portion and simultaneouslyattaching the stiffener thereto.

In order to disclose my invention with the particularity required by lawI have shown in the drawings which form a part hereof and shall nowdescribe two of the many possible embodiments of my invention.

In said drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a fragment of my novelwaistband.

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of a pair of trousers having as a componentelement thereof the novel waistband shown in Fig. 1.

This may be Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a fragment of the trouserstaken along the line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a similar View of a modification of said novel waistband.

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein similar referencenumerals denote similar parts, reference numeral I denotes the trousersas a unit which have as a component elenentl thereof the novel waistband2 shown in alg.

The waistband 2 consists of a front portion 3 and a rear or stiffenerportion 4.

The rear or stiffener portion 4 is made of the usual stiifening materialused in the prior art for making the rear or stiffening portion of awaistband.

The front portion 3 consists of a top band 5, a central anti-slip band6, and a bottom band l.

The top band 5 and bottom band 'I are made of the usual type of liningmaterial used in the prior art for making waistbands.

The anti-slip band 6 is made of a base fabric il which has attachedthereto one or more series of rubber treads 9. The treads 9 are of suchthickness that their faces 2'I extend beyond the faces 28 and 29 of thetop band 5 and the bottom band 'I.

The top band 5 is formed of a main body portion I0 which terminates atits upper end in a free or trouser attaching edge II and at its lowerend I2 in an upturned flange I3. The lower end I2 of the top band 5 isattached to the upper end Ill of the anti-slip band 6 lby means of thelines of stitching I5 which extend through the body portion III andupturned iiange I3 of the top band 5, through the upper end I4 of theanti-slip band 6 and through the upper end of the stiifener 4.

The bottom band 'I is channel shaped in crosssection, encompasses thelower ends I6 and II of the anti-slip band E and stirfener 4, and isattached to said elements by means of the lines of stitching 20 whichextend-through the arms I8 and I9 of said bottom band 1 and through saidanti-slip band 6 and stiffener 4.

The novel waistband 2 is attached to the body member 2l of the trousersI in the manner well known in the art. In the embodiments here shown thefree or upper end 22 of the stiiener is positioned beneath the turnedover end 23 of the trouser body member 2I, the upper end II of the topband 5 is turned to form the flange 24 which contacts the face 25 of theturned over end 23 of the trouser body member 2| and the ensemble areconnected by means of the line of stitching 26 which extends through thebody 3 'portion lll and flange 24 of the top band 5. through the turnedover end 23 of the trouser body member 2| and through the upper end 22of the stiffener 4.

The modification 30 shown in Fig. 4 differs from that shown in Fig. 1only in the fact that the former has three series of treads 9 whereasthe latter has two such series.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and useful is:

1. A waistband for a garment consisting of a stiiener portion; a frontportion consisting of an upper band, a central band having thereon atleast one tread of anti-skid material, and a U-shaped bottom bandencompassing the lower edges of said central band and stiiener portion;means attaching said upper band to said central band; and meansattaching the U arms of said bottom band to said central band and tosaid stifiener portion.

2. A waistband for a garment consisting of a stiiener portion; a frontportion consisting of an upper band, a central band having thereon atleast one tread of anti-skid material, and a U-shaped bottom bandencompassing the lower edges of said central band and stii'ener portion;means attaching said upper band to said central band and to saidstiiener portion; and means attaching the U arms of said bottom band tosaid central band and to said stiffener portion.

3. In combination with a pair of trousers a waistband consisting 'of astiffener portion; a front portion consisting of an upper band, acentral band having thereon at least one tread of anti-skid material,and a U-shaped bottom band encompassing the lower edges of said centralband and stiiener portion; means attaching said upper band to saidcentral band; and means attaching the U arms of said bottom band to saidcentral band and to said stiifener portion.

4. In combination with a pair of trousers a waistband consisting of astiffener portion; a front portion consisting of an upper band, acentral band having thereon at least one tread of anti-skid material,and a U-shaped bottom band encompassing the lower edges of said centralband and stiffener portion; means attaching said upper band to saidcentral band and to said stiffener portion; and means attaching the Uarms of said bottom band to said central band and to said stiienerportion.

5. A waistband for a garment comprising a stiifener band and a facingband including upper, lower and central portions, the central portionhaving thereon at least one tread of anti-skid material, the upper andlower edges of the central portion being in superposed relationship tothe adjacent edges of the upper and lower portions, the free edges ofthe facing band extending beyond the free edges of the stiiener band,means connecting the superposed edges of the central and upper portions,and means connecting the superposed edges of the central and lowerportions, one of said means also securing the facing band to thestiiener band.

EARL FEINBERG.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,579,306 Goldsmith Apr. 6, 19262,236,693 Newman Apr. 1, 1941 2,500,651 Alschuler et al Mar. 14, 1950FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 381,671 Great Britain Sept. 29, 1932

